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Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Size: 5.4 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
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This massy calcite crystal is a shiny marvel of incredible clarity. Absolutely flawless, this crystal is a jewel of fantastic luster with fine striation that reflects the light beautifully. The crystal sits on a matrix of exactly the right proportion, accompanied by many smaller calcite crystals. Most wonderful about this piece is the perfect clarity of the calcite, which allows a view right through it and right to the bottom, where again smaller crystals are visible. A small wonder in perfect quality!
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
Size: 19.7 x 17.4 x 7 cm
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This impressive piece of fluorite on quartz is a well composed play of colors and shape. Several groups of green fluorite octahedrons with dark purple edges are perched on thousands of white quartz needles, covering a massive green fluorite matrix. Dispite its size this piece shows lovely aesthetics. Hundreds of fluorite crystals up to 2 cm on edge and in perfect condition are forming an appealing specimen. A remarkable piece of unusual beauty!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 8.3 x 5 x 4.1 cm
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One single tourmaline crystal of exceptional quality is shooting out from a massive smoky quartz crystal in a way I have rarely seen before. At closer sight you see the tourmaline continuing inside the quartz for maybe another 2 cm. While the quartz is in good condition but dull, the tourmaline is absolutely pristine - gemmy, lustrous and of fine pink color, with a transparent, bluish zone in the middle. This is an incredibly rare composition of wonderful aesthetics, and not repaired.
Jonas Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 6.6 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
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There might be many details on this piece - it is doubly terminated, free of damage, gemmy and lustrous - but to getting to the point: It's all about the color here! A blazing raspberry red that is visible even at low light and fills the whole crystal with its grace. At the termination this color gets an orange tinge. The backside of the tourmaline is covered in sparkling crystals that add a very nice effect. Very beautiful and catchy from the famous find made by Ailton Barbosa in 1978. This piece has a remarkable provenance, as it has been part of the collection of P. D. & Ann Sams. The label is coming with the piece.
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size: 7.8 x 5.5 x 7.2 cm
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A luscious purple heart is nested on a greenish fluorite as if it was set there on purpose. Unlike with other specimens from Zogno where this purple zone is deep inside the green flurote, here it is free and directly visible. This piece is a floater in generally good condition with some minor chips that are but hardly visible amidst the manifold details this excellent piece offers. An unusual and utterly beautiful fluorite from this famous locale!
Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.8 x 5.5 x 5 cm
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Habach valley has produced a small number of very fine skeletal quartz specimens. This one is a complete floater with no damage whatsoever. The crystal is completely etched and leaves no clue about the original shape. It is all transparent without any includions. The chlorite you see in the picture is filling some of the gaps but does not continue into the quartz itself. Very nice 3-dimensional shape and great quality all around!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 10.1 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
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Unusual yet highly appealing in its very own way. The main body of this specimen is a contrasting gossan matrix with veins of brilliantly lustrous azurite. One prominent azurite aggregate freely stands out from the matrix and draws all the attention. Best luster, superb blue color and a perfect termination are absolutely impressive and just beautiful. With no damage to worry about and a catchy, natural composition this is a most desirable piece in person!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 4.5 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm
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A solid, colorless single cerussite crystal of best luster and clarity. Its shape is a characteristic sixling-twin habit. The crystal is complete all around with only minor abrasions. A smaller side-crystal is damaged but which is not apparent at all. Cerussite is definitely one of the minerals Tsumeb is most renowned for. This specimen is a fantastic example for the high quality standard set at this most famous locale. Absolutely amazing!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 11.6 x 10.9 x 7.5 cm
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A massive grey bolder with a sparkling front face, all covered in calcite and satiated green dioptase. The dioptase crystals are small - up to around 4 mm - but all gemmy, transparent and lustrous with lovely little calcite atop. Some damage and contacts are evident but the overall impression is that of a 3-dimensional landscape of fine, sparkling crystallization. A characteristic Tsumeb specimen.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan , Pakistan
Size: 5 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
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A fine doubly terminated elbaite aesthetically lies across a matrix of white albite. The multicolored tourmaline is 4.7 cm long and around 2 cm thick. It has a sharp termination with lustous faces that shines with a lovely pink color. Below the pink is a layer of fresh apple green that changes to a very dark mossy green at the middle part of the crystal. I especially love the composition of this single crystal on a contrasting white matrix. As a floater specimen it shows no contacts or breaks. For a better understanding of color and quality I suggest a look on our video!
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 18.7 x 16 x 4.6 cm
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This is an impressive piece, large and with exceptional luster. It is a 3-dimensional floater that is a virtually perfect all around. Yes, smaller edge wear is inevitably on a massy piece like this, but honestly, it is surprisingly scarce on this excellent specimen. I totally love the imposing yet lovely aesthetics, the dashy outline, the brilliant quality. A real eye-catcher that might serve as a center-piece in any collection of fine peruvian minerals. Have a look on the video, and you will know what I mean!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 3.1 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
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Two tourmaline crystals of amazing color-play are grown together to form this unique piece. The crystals do not need much light to reveal their intense colors that range from mossy green to a juicy raspberry red. The terminations are perfect, with only one re-healed chip. A specimen of impressive colors and nice arrangement.